Archive for November, 2009

Phishing is the act of criminally acquiring sensitive and confidential electronic information, usually of financial nature like bank account password information and/or credit card secret code information. Phishing scams are usually undertaken through emails or messages sent through the internet by a group of scamsters, often acting as representatives of the bank or card issuing organization. Users are caught in their trap if they respond to such emails or share and/or disclose confidential financial data.

Check out this new Bank of America Phishing Email. Beware of this one!

Phishing is giving sleepless nights to many. It is a form of identity theft where in you get fraud mails or you are advised to visit fraudulent sites and if you get in there trap they will try to extract your personal details that might include your credit card details or your banking details. It can prove to be very dangerous and leave you sulking for a lifetime.

The twitter is exploited by the phishers, scammers and spammers. In the earlier time when the concept of phishing was started the twitters only noticed it. Twitter has also published certain things that should be taken care to avoid falling in the phishing activity. Twitter phishing is defined as the attack of the sending mails to twitter account asking for personal information such as credit card number, account number, etc. There are two important terms that need to be known.

Phishing is the fast rising warning on the Internet and a unique way of stealing. It is mainly concerned with the technologically advanced cheating by means of phony Web sites with the purpose to steal precious private information such as user names, passwords, credit card numbers, and Social Security numbers.

Phishing Filter, is an original security characteristic especially designed to vigorously inform users if they visit a phishing site.

Phishing Filter is a special characteristic of Internet Explorer.